Mathias Jäger has a PhD in astronomy and a passion for science communication. This brought him from the macro to the microworld.
Researchers from EMBL Heidelberg have established an automated pipeline to create mutations in genomic enhancers, letting them watch evolution unfold…
Sea anemones are amazing creatures. Despite their plant-like appearance and their tendency to remain fixed in one spot, they are actually…
We’ve all had wounds at certain times in our lives. But they heal due to the self-repairing mechanisms in the…
Researchers have found the cause of dilated cardiomyopathy – a leading cause of heart failure – and identified a potential treatment for it: a…
Researchers have uncovered how cells remove unwanted components from the nucleus following…
An international group of researchers, led by scientists from EMBL Heidelberg, have discovered that the number of tentacle arms a sea anemone grows…
Researchers studied the spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. With its spikes, the virus binds to human cells and infects them. The…
This image is a composite of lateral pentascolopidial organs, a wing imaginal disc pouch, and an epithelial wound in a Drosophila larva. The organs…
Researchers from all life science disciplines – from fundamental biological research to medical applications – generate immense datasets.…
This group of cells represents an interesting example of organ formation where cells simultaneously move and change their shapes in a highly…
Bacterial cells are embedded in microfluidic droplets in oil. The fluorescence indicates the presence of the targeted DNA strain with the help of a…
The image shows one of the four rows of roof lights above the atrium, which is the main public space of the Imaging…
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